The first 4 days in USA

I'm using the computer in the Library of UCSC to write down this article. Since there is no Chinese Input Method, I can just only use English. Sorry.

I was a terrible journey flying to America. Due to some "Mechanic Problem", the flight from Chengdu to Beijing was delayed, for about 3 hours. Therefore, I did not catch the original flight from Beijing to San Francisco. After 5 hours terrible waiting, I finally got on an airplane flying to Los Angeles. 11 hours on plane, no deep sleep, I had been very tired. Entering the Custom and Border Protection was straight. 1 hour later, I flew from Los Angeles to San Francisco. When I got there, it was 10:00 pm, PST. Fortunately, Peggy Pollard, a member of ISI(International Student Inc.) came to the airport and pickup to Santa Cruz. It was very kind of her!

I was living with four Chinese exchange students temporarily. We got along with each other very friendly. They told me lots of things here, about housing, banking, campus, calling plan, yard-sale, etc.. Yesterday, I settled down in a house near the beach of Santa Cruz, which was a wonderful place to live, full furniture, $560 rental per month, plus month to month payment. I do not hope better.

Santa Cruz is a small town, with about 56000 population, mediterranean climate, friendly people. There is no crowd of people, and all town is quiet. Santa Cruz means "Holy Cross", which is famous for the beach and surfing here. Everybody should like it. By the way, bus transportation is powerful in Santa Cruz.

The campus is wonderful, too, since it is sitting on a hill and in a forest. More properly, I should say, UCSC is just a part of the Mt. Santa Cruz, because the natural environment here is well preserved. You can see deers eating grass, and squirrels are fighting for nuts. Inside of the forest, the temperature is very low, but the air is even more fresh. I can say, I like here.

There can be lots of things to tell, but I must stop here. I think my oral English is growing better and better everyday.

:)